EARLE FAMILY CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC
a.k.a. Evergreen Plantation
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CEMETERY LOCATION:
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8 miles SE of Anderson.
Latitude N34 24.317 x Longitude W82 47.715
CEMETERY HISTORY:
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Cemetery is part of A047 Shiloh Baptist.
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The Venturers, The Hampton, Harrison and Earle Families of Virginia, South
Carolina and Texas" by Virginia G. Meynard, 1981,1991 (Southern Historical
Press, 275 W Broad Street, Greenville, SC 29601 ISBN 0-89308-241-4) contains a
wealth of information about a number of Earles in Anderson.
Elias Earle (1762-1823) owned the town of Andersonville and founded Centreville,
1811; established the first iron works in SC. He served in the SC House, SC
Senate, and US Congress.
Samuel Girard Earle (1791-1848), son of Elias Earle and Frances Wilton
(Robinson) Earle, lived at Evergreen, a plantation of several thousand acres in
from 1828-1848.
Rev. Julius Earle (1829-1912) was the son of Samuel Girard and Elizabeth Hampton
Harrison Earle. He was a Baptist minister, moved to Franklin Co., GA, which he
represented in the GA legislature; was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War;
moved back to Evergreen, and represented Anderson Co. in the S.C. Legislature,
1890-92.
Julius R. Earle, Jr. was born 11/4/1863 at Evergreen and died 4/21/1932 in
Decatur, Alabama.
Gen. John Baylis Earle (1766-1836) was the son of John Earle and Thomasine
(Prince) Earle (John was the older half brother of Elias). He married Sarah
Taylor, daughter of Major Samuel Taylor of Pendleton District. They lived at
Silver Glade plantation.
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Elizabeth Hampton Harrison, wife of Samuel Girard Earle of Evergreen, Anderson
Co., S.C., was the daughter of John Hampton Harrison (1777 - 1837) of Cripple
Creek Plantation, Greenville Co.; granddaughter of James and Elizabeth (Hampton)
Harrison of Cripple Creek. James Harrison (1748 - 1815) was the son of John and
Sarah (Daniel) Harrison of Halifax Co., Va.
From "The Venturers; The Hampton, Harrison and Earle Families of Virginia, South
Carolina and Texas" by Virginia G. Maynard.
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Ryan Faulkenberry at 864-226-9636 is Evergreen Plantation homeowner.
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John Baylis Earle
1766-1863
(nephew of Elias Earle and cousin of Samuel Earle), a Representative from South
Carolina; born on the North Carolina side of the North Pacolet River, near
Landrum, Spartanburg County, S.C., October 23, 1766; moved to South Carolina;
completed preparatory studies; served as a drummer boy and soldier during the
Revolutionary War; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Republican to
the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); declined to be a candidate
for reelection in 1804; resumed agricultural pursuits; adjutant and inspector
general of South Carolina for sixteen years; served throughout the War of 1812;
member of the nullification convention of 1832 and 1833; died in Anderson
County, S.C., February 3, 1863; interment in the cemetery on his plantation,
"Silver Glade," in Anderson County, S.C.
Submitted by: Tim Sloan at timsloan@bellsouth.net in Jun-2006
(EXTREMELY knowledgeable on Earle Family)
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The Anderson Intelligencer., June 11, 1885, p.1
ANDERSONVILLE. An Old Town--Reminiscences of the Past--Bad Guns
The Sunday School picnic was postponed three times, and therefore when the last
appointment (Saturday) dawned cloudy and threatening rain, big, little, old and
young seemed determined to go anyhow, rain or shine, so early in the morning the
caravan of picknickers began to wend its way toward Andersonville, S. C, distant
nine miles. Mr. Robert Stephenson and ourself "went in together" and procured a
conveyance for our families a two-horse wagon, which was amply sufficient, there
being only fourteen of us all told. As we got one horse at one place, the other
at a second place, the wagon at a third, and the harness at a fourth it was
rather late before we got ready to start, and we did not arrive at the scene of
action until everybody else had got there, including Eli. When we crossed the
ferry we found a gay crowd of probably 300. What were they doing ?
Well--oh, you've been to a picnic, haven't you? They were boating in the river,
roaming about aimlessly, fishing, courting, listening to the band play, playing
in the branch, and waiting for dinner. And ere long the baskets were taken to
the island and the hungry crowd began to play havoc with their contents.
Before dinner was quite over a heavy shower of rain came and much of the dainty
food was spoilt. However no one went away hungry, and the shower was only
laughed at for its breach of good manners in approaching the feast without an
invitation.
Andersonville is the most attractive place we have seen for a picnic in dry
weather; but on this occasion there was rather much wetness and it cast a damper
upon the spirits of tho crowd, as it was simply impossible for them to wander
over the hills and valleys, gather the flowers wild, and obtain a fair view of
the picturesque spot in its entirety, and our people will never be satisfied
until they try it over again on some more auspicious day. It was a pity, too,
when we think of the pains and expense the good people of Andersonville had put
themselves to in arranging for the picnic.
Under the superintendence of Miss Fannie Earle, a noble Christian lady, they had
cleared off the undergrowth on the island, placed beautiful rustic seats made of
birch under the shade trees, built a bridge to the mainland, and arranged
everything for the comfort and pleasure of the visitors. The Georgians were
quick to perceive these evidences of Carolina hospitality, and one of one
enthusiastic friends clapped us on the shoulder and asked : "John, ain't you
glad you were born in South Carolina?" To which we replied: "Yes--and live in
Georgia."
The clouds becoming more threatening, it was not long before the crowd began to
disperse for their homes.
Andersonville is one of the oldest towns in upper Carolina, and we would be glad
if we could give our readers a sketch of its early settlement, rise and fall,
for it was once a place of no inconsiderable commercial importance. To Hon. John
B. Benson we are indebted for the few historical facts that we are enabled to
give. Mr. James Harrison, father of the late Frank Harrison, whose daughter was
married to Mr. Preston Earle, the present owner of the place, did business there
for fifty years, and ran a store, iron and wood shops, tanyard, merchant mills,
and two ferries. He made a large fortune although he had his fine dwelling,
mills and other machinery destroyed by fire, and again had his mills and other
machinery washed away by the great May freshet. Mr. Harrison married the sister
of Mr. Samuel Earle, the father of the excellent pastor of the Hartwell Baptist
Church, Rev. J. R. Earle. Mr. Harrison inherited a large body of land lying
between the Tugalo and Seneca Rivers, including Andersonville, and Mr. Samuel
Earle the fine and valuable property known as Evergreen about twelve miles from
Hartwell, where he had extensive machinery and a large store. He also made a
large fortune. Andersonville was in early days a land office, with a large
number of stores and business houses, and was incorporated about the year 1792,
and was in full blast in the days of Vienna and Petersburg, lower down on the
Savannah.
It was quite an important place, as a great many boats were loaded here for
Hamburg, and afterwards Augusta. Mr. James Harrison was a man of great energy
and ability, and his business extended many miles above and westward. He bought
as high as 600 bales of cotton in the seed and ground 20,000 bushels of wheat
per year, which was a big thing for those days. Hon. John C. Calhoun visited
this place for the purpose of consulting the best pilots on the river with a
view of having the Savannah opened for slack water navigation. During the war of
1812 Mr. Elias Earle, father in-law of James Harrison, got a contract from the
government to make muskets, and procuring 32 machinists from Harpers Ferry, Va.,
established an armory at Andersonville,--but the iron ore did not suit for the
business, as the guns would burst and were more dangerous to the shooter than to
the shootee. At one time the town boasted a hotel with thirty or forty rooms.
Mr. Benson says that when a young fellow he went from Pendleton to Andersonville
to fish with Frank Harrison and there were many old stores and other houses
there, among them the dwelling of Mr. Rusk, an old stone mason, who was the
father of the great Rusk of Texas, for whom Rusk County in that State was named,
the friend of Augustus Maverick and Bonham, of Pendleton, S. C, and Davy
Crockett.
Every school boy has read of Crockett's and Bonham's death with the pile of dead
Mexicans around them slain with their bowie knives at the Alamo. Now not a stick
of one of those old houses remain at Andersonville. Mr. Benson says that when
his old friend Waddy Thompson was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States at Mexico, when in the city of the
Montezumas, he wrote Maverick, who was Iben confined in the castle of Perote,
that if he would say that he was in favor of a reannexation he had no doubt
Santa Anna would release him. Maverick replied: "You say that you think Santa
Anna will release me if I say that I am in favor of the reannexation of Texas to
Mexico. I cannot persuade myself that such an annexation, on any terms, would be
advantageous to Texas, and I therefore cannot say so, for I regard a lie as a
crime, and one which I cannot commit even to secure mv release; I must therefore
continue to wear my chains, galling as they are."
But, leaving the Mexican band to furnish music for the New Orleans Exposition,
let us return to Andersonville. The views along the rivers are beautiful,
especially from Mr. Earle's house and at a point just above on the Tugalo known
as "Longview." The place has remained in the Harrison family until Col. F. E.
Harrison died, when it was sold for partition and the homestead was purchased by
Mr. E. P. Earle, his son-in-law, who is the present owner. The modern town is
comparatively small. There is but one store and only a few families live here.
Mr. Earle has the finest flouring and grist mills in ths country with ample
water power to run a large factory on the Beaverdam creek, which enters the
Tugalo here. One of the oldest settlers here was Mr. Samuel Bobo, grandfather
of our townsman, Mr. S. M. Bobo. His house still stands and is in good condition
yet. It was built of hewn logs, and located on the west bank of the Tugalo a
short distance above the old town. The view from this place is one of the most
beautiful in the State of Georgia.
We cannot conclude this rambling article without alluding to Mr. John Jones, the
gentlemanly ferryman, who kept the ferryboat running all day without charge, and
it was hard work, too. He deserves a gold medal at the hands of the picnickers.
The Anderson Intelligencer., June 06, 1889, p.1
TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
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a. = age at death
b. = date-of-birth
d. = date-of-death
h. = husband
m. = married
p. = parents
w. = wife
Earle Family Plot/Cemetery is part of A047 Shiloh Baptist.
EARLE, Ann Elizabeth, b.1-14-1851, d.2-26-1925
EARLE, Benjamin F., b.3-10-1866, d.5-2-1925
EARLE, Claudius, b.5-7-1835, d.7-7-1961
EARLE, Decima Irene, b.1-24-1868, d.7-29-1892
EARLE, Elias John, b.11-5-1823, d.2-22-1897
EARLE, Elias John, b.4-18-1886, d.3-14-1957
EARLE, Elizabeth Hampton Harrison, b.1-14-1803, d.12-27-1965
EARLE, Francis Girard, b.11-25-1854, d.11-28-1898
EARLE, James Washington, b.9-7-1861, d.11-9-1892
EARLE, James Washington Dr., b.7-10-1827, d.2-1-1901
EARLE, John Hampton, b.2-8-1857, d.10-25-1903
EARLE, Julius R. (Rev), 09-11-1829
EARLE, Paul R., b.10-20-1878, d.6-26-1952
EARLE, Samuel H., b.12-1-1852, d.2-6-1898
EARLE, Samuel (Rev), b.5-1-1789, d.1-5-1848